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The City at World's End

by: Edmond Hamilton

Publication date: 2012-03-20

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, adventure, fantasy, fiction, science fiction

Language: English

Item Size: 1.0G

LibriVox recording of The City at World's End, by Edmond Hamilton.

Read by Mark Nelson.

A surprise nuclear war may cause the End of the World, but not the way anyone could have imagined. A classic science fiction tale from Galaxy Magazine. (Summary by Mark Nelson)

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Reviewer: Tar Patel - - April 4, 2024
Subject: worth a listen for classic sci-fi fans

The narrator is very good.
The characters are annoyingly stereotyped and a reflection of the time it was written I guess. This feels like a very "by the book" pulp sci-fi but this one is better than most.
Yes it's true the women are not realistically written at all but I don't think the author was sexist. In the end the protagonist did recognize the strength of the alien woman that he did not see in his contemporary ones.
There are a couple of very cool speculative elements of the story that is worth the flaws.

Reviewer: 77FLH - - December 26, 2022
Subject: Professional

Excellent reader! Well written story.

Reviewer: BigBoyBeats - - August 29, 2022 (edited)
Subject: Super cool!

I can’t say enough about the story; it’s classic science fiction, but not in the style of for bidden planet or Robbie the robot. Just great storytelling.
It’s sad to read some of the reviews here on the Internet archive where people are complaining about the story or that movie being sexist or whatever. If so, so what? People are different in the different areas of human life, and it’s simply an exercise in futility to complain that a certain narrative does not adhere to Orthodox feminism. If anything it just shows that so-called orthodox feminism is going to prove to be nothing but a very short blip in the history of human sociological realities – at least I hope so.
In the meantime, leave your pronouns outside the door and just listen, read, and watch the narratives, thoughts, and imaginings of those who came before us. Now lost forever except for the words and stories that they have told us, we will soon join them as ancient relics fading with the twilight.
I, for one, can hardly wait! In the meantime I will watch, listen, and read as much as I possibly can.

Reviewer: Tankenka - - March 2, 2022
Subject: An Excellent Oration, A Classic Post-War Sci-Fi

The reading done by Mark Nelson, as always, is expertly delivered and soothing to listen to.
As with most sci-fi of the era, there are elements that grate on modern sensibilities, but when context is remembered it is a good story.
The descriptive nature of the writing is evocative of a breathless landscape and a bleak hopelessness.
Strangely, now that we've spent time in a global event where people had to work together to get it figured out, it's abundantly clear that Edmond Hamilton nailed the "Don't dun herr touch muh' freedum!" and the refusal to adapt, even in the face of survival, responses to difficult situations.

Reviewer: Effregy - - August 29, 2021
Subject: Narrator did a good job, despite the book.

** Contains Non-Specific spoilers **
The mc succeeds at everything he tries.
Nothing has negative consequences.
Protagonist's motivations grind heavily against the reader. This is a sci-fi, where the protagonist... hates sci-fi - to the point of preferring suicide, rather than deal with anything sci-fi.

Reviewer: jpPAMDIA - - July 28, 2021
Subject: Classic, in good ways and bad

First, the narration is excellent. My issues are about the book's text.
Written in 1951, it's impressive how well it foreshadows some of the best sci-fi in the subsequent 70 years. Unfortunately, the author's misogyny is grating to my 2021 sensibility. All the women, including the alien women for a million years in the future, are frail creatures. They need men to lead them.
Otherwise, it's an interesting enough book.

Reviewer: thrama - - July 13, 2021
Subject: Edwin Hubble

I find it somewhat prescient that a major character is the scientist, Dr. Hubble. Edwin Hubble (no relation. Because he’s real) was the person who discovered the universe—I mean that he realized that those smudgy things out there were other galaxies .
I have an old astronomy book in which there is a picture of our galaxy labeled “The Universe”.

Reviewer: lanternland - - May 14, 2021
Subject: Good reader and good sci fi book

I first read this book when i was a kid and really into scifi and I loved it then. Now I liked it.

Reviewer: Motorcyclegrrl - - January 12, 2021
Subject: Great Reader

Great Reader. Book is VERY sexist and the characters idiots. Difficult to listen too because of that. The plot is so silly making the people seem even more dumb.

Reviewer: Slicktrolla Springlube - - December 22, 2018
Subject: re: Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson is always spot on-arguably the best narrator on the LibriVox roster.

Reviewer: ninapilar - - September 27, 2016
Subject: Wow. Excellent Read.

I really enjoyed this book...the narrator was really quite good.

Reviewer: giantarmadillo - - June 27, 2016
Subject: Gripping story and perfectly read

Mark Nelson did an excellent job of reading "The City at World's End."
I was absolutely captivated by this story. I was able to easily imagine myself as a character in the story pulled along by forces beyond my control, fighting for the survival of my city and way of life.
I highly recommend listening!

Reviewer: Claytonhill2001 - - October 4, 2015
Subject: Wonderful Story and well read

I was engaged from the opening paragraph until the last sentence. No fat in this one, folks. A unique sci-fi ride that you will remember for a while.

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